Deviant Behavior - Hardcover

Thio, Alex

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0321014952 ISBN 13: 9780321014955

Publisher: Pearson, 1998

Synopsis

Addresses complex theories and research on a wide range of deviant behaviours. In this edition is included a discussion of terrorism, cyberporn, family violence and a global view of homophobia. Examined are traditional and modern theories of deviance which provide background to the analysis.

About this title

About the Author

Alex Thio is Professor of Sociology at Ohio University. Born of Chinese parentage in Penang, Malaysia, he grew up in a multicultural environment. He acquired fluency in Mandarin (modern standard Chinese), Malay, and Indonesian. He also picked up a smattering of English and Dutch. He took French and German in high school and college.

 

Professor Thio attended primary school in Malaysia and high school in Indonesia. He then came to the United States and worked his way through Central Methodist College in Missouri, where he majored in social sciences. Later, he studied sociology as a graduate student at the State University of New York at Buffalo, and he completed his doctorate while working as a research and teaching assistant.

 

Professor Thio regularly teaches courses in deviance, introductory sociology, social problems, and criminology. In addition to teaching, he enjoys writing. He is the author of the Sociology: A Brief Introduction, Society: Myths and Realities (Penguin Academic), and Deviant Behavior.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0321014952
• ISBN 13: 9780321014955
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 550